THE NE.W YORKER file a proper plainte against, as they put it, 'persons unknown for trespass, breaking, enterIng, malicious damage, and arson' The whole region is con- . d " tamInate . We stopped shortly before we reached the driveway to the farm, to pick up the sharecropper the polIce wanted to question; he was a Berber with a brick-red complexion, blue eyes, and a reddIsh-blond mustache The two boys were ready and waIting for us-a pair of pie-faced louts who under ordinary circumstances would have been tickled to ride in the sleek con- vertible. But now they weren't. Their faces were self-righteously hlank. "M aktoub," they seemed to say. "Fate. What will be will be." M aktoub gets to be a bore in North AfrIca. When we arrived In Fondouk with Ali and the boys, the gendarmes told my friend that they would not need them unti] the next day, If then. So we drove e trIo to a general store, where they bought bottles of green pop, and there we left them. My friend, I imagine, felt a lot like old man Maillard in the novel. -A. J. LIEBLING . 4 THE MAGIC Box- COLOR FILM (PREMIERE) "The Magic Box," starring Robert Do- nat, with Margaret Johnston and Maria Schell A color film depicting the true story of the man who is credited by many with being the first man to produce and patent a commercially practical motion picture camera. Appearing in the motion picture are Sir Laurence Olivier Michael Redgrave, Emlyn Williams, Glynis Johns, Barry Jones, Marius Goring, Joyce Gren- fell, Margaret Rutherford, Stanley Hollo- way, Cecil Parker, Eric Portman, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Mary Ellis, Peter Usti- nov, Dennis Price, Kay Walsh and others. -The Herald Tribune TV Guide. Well and good. What was the name of the inventor? . THE GOOD OLD DAYS [Fronz the Illustrated M agazzne Supple- r!lent of the Tlrfles, March 12. 1899J There was a time when the ham, beef, or egg sandwiches purchased at railway stations near N ew York and in the lunch rooms of the stations of the metropolis were of generous proportions. Between two slices of bread almost an inch in thickness were placed two slices of ham, thick and crisp. The beef sandwich was fixed up in the same way, so was the egg. ow, where once the above delicious mor- sels were distributed for 5 cents apiece you pay 10 for two thin, wafer-like slices of moist bread, cut in the form of a trian- gle, between \vhich is some hashed mate- rial that sometimes tastes like ham but more often does not. 173 For-ChrIstmas: Viyella@ Socks -$1.50 ',-'--:-,-: (, ,<:' .,:' ',>><> . " 1" ' ;== /: .'.$ < .,, ., ;i:" Knitted in England from lamb's wool and Egyptian cotton. If they shrink, we replace. Men prize Viyella socks because they are ineffably warm and light. Their wives like them because they don't shrink-and almost never need darning. They are knitted in Eng- land, where a gentleman is judged from the feet up. Hence the subtle ribbing, the perfect restraint In 22 colors at better stores. Short socks $ I .5 a-regular length $ I · 7 5. Write W m. Hollins & Co., 347 Madison Ave., New York I7- MU 4-733 0 . Matured at Jerez, home of the most cultured vineyards -- ]}d .. in all the world. Also the home of CREAM: Celebratwn Cream Double Century. po MEDIUM: Amontillado Pnmero Ideal Pale. DRY: \.\:D., La Ina, Guitar.. . Since 1730 bottled at the winery, Jerez, Spain. Sole U. S. Importer: Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., New York 17, N. Y · *pronounced: uDoe-Mek" ..----- In place of dessert . enloy CELEBRATION CREAM Spanish Sherry soft, golden-rich, satisfying. . . a luxurious gift from Old Spain =-( :::.::: \ ! \ j ,<<< , Î' J. <:--) Of; þ " ::iòiIII , tiW ...........,; ....:' U .. wiIiiIIJ , : þ . h ;ij 1)oMECq'" ,,.. f>t R'><( <- 1ebroJifft I , C'IH:AAA \ßbcrr,y &. >('<< ;. : rø J!.tf ):tx <. $: - "".f.') : ;-.